Image Resources
Below you'll find links to two excellent resources for finding digital images, the BGC's own collection, hosted through MDID, and ARTstor, a subscription-based online image library that aims to be comprehensive in its scope. Also available below are links to external image and imaging resources, assembled and synopsized by the VMR. These links are available in one comprehensive, alphabetized list, or grouped by content and again listed alphabetically. If you have questions about MDID or ARTstor, or if you'd like to offer suggestions or corrections regarding external resources, contact Terrance D'Ambrosio.
MDID
The BGC's digital image collection, which is in a state of constant and continual growth, represents a broad survey of the decorative arts and material culture, with deeper coverage in certain periods, materials or regions, as dictated by faculty interests. This collection is available to both faculty and students and can be accessed through MDID. In addition to the BGC’s institutional collection, with its particular focus on the decorative arts and material culture, Bard College’s art historically oriented collection, with more than 27,000 images, is also available to students and faculty within MDID. These resources are available for use on and off campus and the images in them may be used for educational purposes only as outlined in the Copyright Law of the United States. You must meet with a VMR staff member for an orientation before you will be able to access the database. Please contact Terrance to make an appointment.
ARTstor
ARTstor is an online image library with more than one million images of the visual arts, humanities and social sciences, contributed by museums, archives, artists and scholars. Users can browse in a number of different fields, or search by keyword or by using advanced filters. Image quality is generally excellent, with high-resolution jpegs available for virtually all images. Note that searching for “IAP” alongside keywords will return images that have been designated by their contributor (primarily the Met) as freely publishable for academic purposes.
External Resources
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An Elegant Interior with a Lady Reading; c. 1810; 62 x 51 cm; Marguerite Gerard (French, 1761-1837); oil on canvas; private collection.
This image, and 20,000 others, are available to students, faculty, and staff of the BGC through MDID.
